outline of the movement. First‚ a number of key figures of the movement were part of another literary movement called the ‘Fugitives’ or the Southern Agrarians‚ including John Crowe Ransom‚ Allen Tate‚ Donald Davidson‚ Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks. There was an inherent hostility to the industrialism and materialism of a United States dominated by the ‘North’. This Southern-oriented movement thus has consanguinity with Arnold‚ Eliot and Leavis‚ in opposing the modern ‘inorganic’ civilization
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Name: Institution: Course: Date: “The Mother‚” by Gwendolyn Brooks The poem talks about a mother’s regret for the aborted children‚ she failed to bring into this earth and by extension give life. The poem is a lamentation of the dreams that failed to materialize because of a single decision. In the first line‚ the reader finds evidence of this in the warning about abortion not letting the guilty individual forget. The poet gives a vivid description of what an aborted child looks like‚ describing
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Gwendolyn Brooks observes a group of youngsters in a pool hall in the poem “We Real Cool.” The poem is written in 4 stanzas and 8 lines‚ if you don’t count the subtitle: “The Pool Players./ Seven at The Golden Shovel.” Technically‚ every line rhymes in this poem‚ but every line (save for the last) also ends with the same word. Each line has rhyming words within‚ also: “Lurk late. We/ Strike straight. We/.” It is not the “typical” poem you might read because of this. All words in the poem are mono-syllabic
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maturing teen. An understanding‚ preudent adult. A stern‚ strong elder. As one goes through their life and matures‚ they change; thus‚ the way one views the world‚ how they go about things‚ and the things that they value change. Accordingly‚ Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks‚ a famous African American writer and poet‚ understandably goes through such alterations as she went through her life. As one would expect‚ this was reflected in her works of literature‚ and with each coming stage of her life‚ those reflections
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all are just some reasons why the amazing Garth Brooks is loved all around the world. Garth Brooks is a singular country singer. He makes wonderful music that is special for his fans. He also makes everything in his songs so loving and peaceful. People are so appalled by his performances. While multitasking with many other careers‚ Garth Brooks has a very successful career in singing by having energetic performances and winning many awards. Brooks had a very good childhood being at a young age
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woman’s right or a sin against God‚ the poem "The Mother" by Gwendolyn Brooks gives a voice to a mother lamenting her aborted children through three stanzas in which a warning is given to mothers‚ an admission of guilt is made‚ and an apology to the dead is given. The poet-speaker‚ the mother‚ as part of her memory addresses the children that she "got that [she] did not get" (Brooks 206). The shift in voice from stanza to stanza allows Brooks to capture the grief associated with an abortion by not condemning
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The poem ‘The Mother’ by Gwendolyn Brooks is a representation of the thought process and feelings a woman endures after aborting a child. The abortion of a child does not erase the memory or pain associated with such a drastic experience.The question of what could have been lingers on in the mothers mind after the termination of their own flesh and blood.In ‘The Mother’‚ the author seamlessly incorporates two types of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and situational irony‚ to express the feelings and thoughts
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We Real Cool The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We Real Cool. We Left school. We Lurk Late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. (Brooks 782) ?We Real Cool? was written by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1960. This poem is short but powerful. ?It gives the reader an idea about how Brooks feels about young pool players.? (Rubinstein) She uses diction‚ sound‚ characterization and form to present a deeper meaning in her work. She also effectively utilizes literary
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Gwendolyn Brooks’ first poem “Eventide” was first published in her local newspaper when she was just 13 years of age. She was being published regularly by the age of 17 in the Chicago Defender‚ a newspaper that was specifically dedicated to the African American population in Chicago. She carried on writing poetry and even a novel until her death in December of 2000. In an interview with Brooks by Paul M. Angle‚ an Illinois Historian she was asked how she became a writer; she explained that she loved
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effective results. However‚ Preston Smith Brooks‚ although never a president‚ found his own way to implement his version of the big stick diplomacy. Arguments should be won with words and not violence‚ but some see that beating a message into somebody as the most effective method. Although the unbelievable situation appears mildly amusing to us now‚ the attack on Charles Sumner was more indicative of a vital period in history than other events. Thus‚ Preston Brooks and his effect on the time should be
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